John, sculptor, lived and died here, B. 1755, D. 1826, Flaxman.
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Erected by the Society of Arts
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The above plaque was mounted in the wall of no. 7 Greenwell Street which previously occupied this site.
Erected before May 1876.
Site: John Flaxman (1 memorial)
W1, Greenwell Street, 7 (Former)
has a 1945 photo of the original house, with the plaque in situ. And has a 1981 photo of the plaque being removed, by a man in a suit and tie.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk


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